Department spokeswoman Nicole Wilson tells the Southern Illinoisan that a team led by criminology professor Daryl Kroner will evaluate which programs are effective and which fall short. The department will then determine how to deal with the ineffective programs.
The team has already cataloged the system's services and programs. Its next step is to evaluate about 200 programs that work with offenders either through state prisons or in the community.
Wilson says the review's goal is to "improve outcomes and drive down the prison population."
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